Suining Ding, PhD, NCIDQ

Dr. Suining Ding is a Full Professor of Interior Design at Purdue University Fort Wayne. She is passionate about design for health and well-being in the built environment. As a professor, author, researcher, and designer, Dr. Ding's work focuses on integrating research into design practice in order to foster human health and well-being through evidence-based and research-informed design. 

Dr. Ding holds EDAC and NCIDQ Certificates and has extensive practice experience in architecture and interior design. During her professional practice career, Dr. Ding participated in designing many large-scale medical centers, healthcare facilities and assisted living facilities. Dr. Ding’s expertise and research interests include but are not limited to environment-behavior studies in healthcare design, evidence-based design (EBD), design process and design methodology, and research integration into design practice. 

Dr. Ding has published extensively on her research and scholarship, including several refereed books and numerous journal articles and conference proceedings. Her recent book “Environment-Behavior Studies for Healthcare Design” published by Routledge makes a direct connection between EB research and healthcare design practice. She has presented her research at numerous national and international conferences.